Cobb Salad

Name: Cobb Salad
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 head romaine lettuce, finely chopped; 2 cooked chicken breasts, diced or sliced; 6 strips bacon, cooked and crumbled; 3 hard-boiled eggs, chopped; 1 ripe avocado, diced; 2 medium tomatoes, seeded and diced; 60g (2 oz) blue cheese, crumbled; 2 tablespoons chives or scallions, finely sliced; 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar; 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard; 120ml (½ cup) olive oil; 1 small clove garlic, minced

About this dish

The Cobb Salad is a hearty American composed salad featuring rows of chopped ingredients — typically chicken, bacon, hard-boiled egg, avocado, tomato, and blue cheese — arranged neatly over a bed of lettuce and served with a tangy dressing. It is a substantial, protein-rich dish commonly found on restaurant menus across the United States.

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Ingredients

🥬1 head romaine lettuce, finely chopped

🍗2 cooked chicken breasts, diced or sliced

🥓6 strips bacon, cooked and crumbled

🥚3 hard-boiled eggs, chopped

🥑1 ripe avocado, diced

🍅2 medium tomatoes, seeded and diced

🧀60g (2 oz) blue cheese, crumbled

🧅2 tablespoons chives or scallions, finely sliced

🫒3 tablespoons red wine vinegar

🫙1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

🫗120ml (½ cup) olive oil

🧄1 small clove garlic, minced

Method

Serves 3

Prepare the dressing by whisking together the red wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, and minced garlic. Slowly drizzle in the olive oil while whisking continuously until the dressing is emulsified. Season with salt and pepper to taste and set aside.

Cook the bacon in a skillet over medium heat until crisp, then transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate to drain and cool before crumbling.

If the chicken is not already cooked, season the breasts with salt and pepper and cook in a skillet or grill pan over medium-high heat until cooked through, then allow to rest and slice or dice into bite-sized pieces.

Hard-boil the eggs by placing them in a pot of cold water, bringing to a boil, then simmering for 10 minutes. Transfer to an ice bath, peel once cool, and chop roughly.

Arrange the chopped romaine lettuce as a base across a large serving platter or individual bowls.

Arrange the chicken, bacon, hard-boiled egg, avocado, tomato, and blue cheese in neat, separate rows or sections over the lettuce for the traditional presentation.

Scatter the chives or scallions over the top as a garnish.

Drizzle the dressing over the salad just before serving, or serve the dressing on the side to allow diners to dress their own portions.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

The Cobb Salad is widely associated with Hollywood and California dining culture, with its origins commonly attributed to the Brown Derby restaurant in Los Angeles, though the precise details of its creation are somewhat anecdotal. It became a classic of mid-20th-century American restaurant cuisine and remains a staple of casual American dining today, valued for its filling combination of fresh and savory ingredients.

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